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Bible Search


NOTE! Searching is very resource-intensive and requires high speed data transfer between your local computer and the bible text files. Therefore, searching should probably only be used after downloading WordLinks and its search module to your machine's hard drive.

Unlike most web-based search engines, searching within WordLinks does not take place on the web server. Instead, the files to be searched are sent to the user's web browser and the searching takes place on your computer. This was done in order to allow full searching capabilities when using the WordLinks CDROM without an internet connection. The disadvantage is, at present, it essentially prohibits searching over the internet--except over high performance connections.

In the future, a server-based search capability may be put in place to facilitate more efficient searching over the internet.

Search Controls

The following controls are unique to searching. (See the top-level Help for information about controls which all windows share in common.)

Search Controls

Search Performance - A Compromise

As mentioned above, searching is a very resource-intensive operation--especially the way it is done in WordLinks where the entire search is performed within your web browser. This kind of searching is generally impossible because a web browser does not allow direct access to data files on your computer (or on a web site). By packaging up the search data within hidden web page controls, we allow WordLinks to read the raw Bible text--but the cost is greatly reduced performance when compared with a commercial Bible Study search capability which installs and runs directly on your machine.

With some patience, the flexible search capabilities provided here can still be very valuable. Especially because of the way in which the search results are automatically linked to other Bibles within WordLinks. Clicking on any search result takes you immediately to the specified verse within a Bible.

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